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Taylor Swift is a Better Person Than Kanye West

Following Kanye West's embarrassing hijacking of Taylor Swift's moment on stage to receive her MTV Best Female Video award, an online survey conducted on Vizu's Power Polls network confirmed the obvious: Taylor Swift is a better person than Kanye West. At least that is the way almost 85% of the people who took the survey see it despite Kanye's attempts to apologize.

 Many celebrities, such as John Mayer, Michelle Branch, Adam Lambert, and Carrie Underwood stood up for Taylor after the incident, including Beyonce Knowles who Kanye suggested had a better video than Taylor's winning video.  Taylor even found some time to poke some fun at Kanye on Saturday Night Live before going on to win Best Female Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year at the CMA's leaving Kanye to eat dust while others took pot shots at Kanye on Taylor's behalf.

Robin Williams Playing Susan Boyle

Despite early rumors that Robin Williams was set to play Susan Boyle in a movie about the Britain's Got Talent frumpy singing sensation, that no longer seems to be the case.  Robin Williams reportedly discounted the Daily Telegraph which surfaced the rumor.

Perhaps Robin should reconsider playing the part of Susan Boyle.  In a recent online survey on Vizu's Power Polls network, almost 50% of the respondents felt that Robin would make a great Susan while only a quarter of the respondents thought casting Robin Williams, a.k.a. Mrs. Doubtfire, as Ms. Boyle was a poor choice.

Well if not Robin, who then? Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Brenda Fricker, Imelda Stauton, other?

Kathy Griffin and Levi Johnston Messing Around

48 year old comedienne, Kathy Griffin, showed up at the Teen Choice Awards with Levi Johnson, Sarah Palin's daughter's baby's father, as her date.  Despite Johnston's flattering comments toward his date, "She's beautiful and funny," most people don't expect this relationship to go anywhere.  In fact, of those who expressed an opinion on a recent online survey on Vizu's Power Polls network, three times as many people don't think Levi Johnston and Kathy Griffin will become a real couple as those who do.

So was this a pure PR stunt or is one of them secretly longing for the other?  Maybe Kathy Griffin is just trying to position herself for a role or guest appearance in Courtney Cox's Cougar Town which airs later this month.

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Facebook Jumping the Shark

Will the release of the movie about Facebook called The Social Network portend the beginning of the demise of the uber popular website just like the end of the TV show Happy Days was signaled by Fonzie jumping a shark on water skis?

 According to a current online survey on Vizu's Power Polls network, a slight majority of the respondents familiar with the phrase, "jump the shark," think Facebook will jump the shark about when The Social Network is released.  That would mean that Mark Zuckerberg might go t he way of The Fonz, i.e. become an icon of a bygone time.  Almost hard to imagine right now for the young billionaire CEO.  Then again, there are Friendster, MySpace, AOL, etc. to consider.

Victoria Beckham - Permanant Americal Idol Judge?

Victoria Beckham made a couple of guest appearance on American Idol as a replacement for the recently departed pop star, Paula Abdul.  While, on the surface, Victoria seems like a good replacement for Paula Abdul, chemistry with the other judges is everything.  As a result, only about 2 out of 5 people who expressed an opinion in an online survey on Vizu's Power Polls network, think Victoria will become a permanent judge on American Idol.

Megan Fox - No Angelina Jolie

 Despite being super hot and a Hollywood it girl who starred in one of this summer's blockbusters (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Megan Fox is no Angelina Jolie.

According to a recent online survey conducted on the Vizu Answers Power Polls network, four respondents said Megan is no Angelina for every three who said Megan is the new Angelina.  Apparently Megan's MTV and Teen Choice nominations just don't stack up to Angelina's Oscars, Emmys, and Golden Globes.  At 23 years old Megan still has some time to catch up to the 34 year old Angelina.  We'll see who is on top in 10 years.

Society's Loss: Michael Jackson vs. Farrah Fawcett

 On June 25, 2009 America lost two major pop icons: the king of pop, Michael Jackson, and sex symbol, Farrah Fawcett.

Though Farrah's peak fame in the 1970's preceded Michael's stratospheric peak in the1980's, both Farrah and Michael managed to stay in the public's consciousness right up until the end.  Farrah did so via her very brave and very publicly documented fight against cancer, while Michael did so via a planned comeback tour and a Broadway musical.

Michael Jackson's death, however, was a bigger loss to society than was Farrah Fawcett's according to a recent online survey conducted on Vizu's Power Polls network.  In fact almost three times as many respondents said that Michael's demise was more of a loss than Farrah's.  

However, upon visual inspection of the vote map, it does not appear that the gap was as pronounced in the United States as it was in the rest of the world.  Perhaps this was because Farrah's sex appeal did not cross cultures as well as Michael's music did.  Or, perhaps, it was because of Michael's farcical existence over the last several years and the scandal surrounding his death.

How to Shave Your Groin Video

Gillette's animated viral video advertisement about how to shave your groin may or may not be appropriate for a brand of Gillette's stature depending on who you ask.  In an online survey recently conducted on Vizu's Power Polls network, perception of the video's appropriateness was split down the middle.  None the less, it is somewhat surprising to find Procter and Gamble at the cutting edge of advertising, so to speak.

Hope For Julianne Moore as Hillary Clinton

Julianne Moore was originally cast to play the former First Lady, Hillary Clinton, in The Special Affair.  Julianne was a good casting decision according to an online survey on Vizu's Power Polls network - better, even, than Dennis Quaid as Bill Clinton.  Julianne, however, resigned the position do to another casting conflict and has been replace by Hope Davis.

Kevin Skinner - A Major Country Music Star?

Will Kevin Skinner of America's Got Talent become a big country music star?

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